Meaning of pagan in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈpeɪɡən/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   pagan

   Definitions

   1. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

   Synonyms

   • irreligious

2. Noun

   pagan

   Etymology

   late Middle English: from Latin paganus‘villager, rustic’, from pagus‘country district’. Latin paganus also meant ‘civilian’, becoming, in Christian Latin, ‘heathen’ (i.e. one not enrolled in the army of Christ)

   Definitions

   1. a person who does not acknowledge your God